Alex McLeish has responded to the Aston Villa fans who want him to leave the club by vowing to turn things around.

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Shay Given has backed England goalkeeper Joe Hart to captain his country at some point, even if it is not as John Terry's successor.

Stephen Hunt admits the respective standings of the two sides has placed added importance on Sunday's derby duel between Wolves and West Brom.

QPR manager Mark Hughes admits he is still getting to know his squad after a month in charge.

Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez insists the club's rivalry with Liverpool stretches as far as Mexico.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has called on Micah Richards to keep improving to show he is the best right-back in England.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson admits he is delighted for Ryan Giggs after the veteran signed a new deal.

West Brom boss Roy Hodgson claims it would be 'arrogant' to rule himself in or out of the running for the vacant England manager's post.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has ruled out the possibility of Andrey Arshavin leaving the club this month.

Norwich boss Paul Lambert says he would have no fears turning to Elliott Ward to ease his defensive crisis.

Blackburn boss Steve Kean is delighted to be in the position of being able to unleash Yakubu Aiyegbeni back on Premier League defences.

Jamie Carragher has backed Liverpool team-mate Steven Gerrard to be named the England captain.

Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill has warned his players Arsenal are not a one-man team ahead of their double-header starting on Saturday.

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy expects a relegation battle right down to the wire but has backed Kevin Doyle to keep his side in the top flight.

Andre Villas-Boas will not make the same mistake as Manchester City counterpart Roberto Mancini and head to Everton expecting an easy ride.

  PLGDPT
1Man City244457
2Man Utd243555
3Tottenham241950
4Chelsea241543
5Newcastle24542
6Arsenal241240
7Liverpool24739
8Sunderland24933
9Norwich24-532
10Swansea24-330
11Everton24-330
12Stoke24-1330
13Aston Villa24-428
14Fulham24-627
15West Brom24-1026
16QPR24-1621
17Wolves24-1721
18Bolton24-2120
19Blackburn24-2018
20Wigan24-2816
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